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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 520 

To provide for greater transparency about China’s bilateral security 

agreements and joint police initiatives, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr. BRAUN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for greater transparency about China’s bilateral 

security agreements and joint police initiatives, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No CCP (Chinese 

5 Communist Police) in the United States Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CHINESE BILATERAL 

2 SECURITY AGREEMENTS AND JOINT POLICE 

3 INITIATIVES. 

4 (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION.—The 

5 Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of 

6 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall publish on the 

7 Department of State website and any other travel alert 

8 system operated by the Department of State a list of all 

9 countries that have a bilateral security agreement or joint 

10 police initiative with the Government of the People’s Re11 public of China or the Chinese Communist Party. The 

12 Secretary shall update the list not less frequently than 

13 every 6 months. 

14 (b) FBI BRIEFING.—The Director of the Federal 

15 Bureau of Investigation shall provide an annual briefing 

16 to the appropriate congressional committees on the Peo17 ple’s Republic of China’s widespread presence internation18 ally through bilateral security agreements and joint police 

19 initiatives. 

20 SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN21 FORCEMENT, PUBLIC, AND CONGRESS RE22 GARDING CHINESE POLICE STATIONS. 

23 If the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovers a po24 lice station operated by the People’s Republic of China or 

25 the Chinese Communist Party within the United States, 

26 the Director of the Bureau shall— 


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1 (1) not later than 24 hours after the discovery, 

2 notify the applicable State and local law enforcement 

3 agencies; 

4 (2) not later than 72 hours after the discovery, 

5 notify the public through a law enforcement bulletin; 

6 and 

7 (3)(A) not later than 15 days after the dis8 covery, provide a briefing to the appropriate congres9 sional committees; and 

10 (B) after the briefing under subparagraph (A), 

11 provide the appropriate congressional committees 

12 with a situational update not less frequently than 

13 once every 60 days. 

14 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE15 FINED. 

16 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

19 Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Ju20 diciary of the Senate; and 

21 (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

23 Representatives. 

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